Line trip or slug guide



Feb. 8, 1927.

H. H. CO GHILL LINE TRIP QR SLUG GUIDE Filed S epic. 29, 15325 INVENTOR1/11 qgfn'll.

ATTORNEY danger' of transposition.

Patented Feb. 8, 1927.

H NRY I-I. COGI-IILL, or

LINE TRIP R Application filed September:

The invention has for its object to pro vide a-sin ple and efficientline trip or slug guide attachment for type-setting machines whereby'thetype lines or slugs will be effectively held against tipping'whenejected from the trimming knives and thereby caused to properly fall bygravity along the guide channel to the galleywvithout 1 The inventionfurther seeks to provide a do- I vice of the type stated that is soconstructed that it maybe readily attached to standard that willhereinafter appear the invention "further resides in the novel detailsof construction, combination and arrangement of parts,-all of which willbe first fully described, then be particularly pointed out in v theappended claims, reference being had ing'the application of theinvention.

to. the accompanyingdrawing, in which: Figure 1'1s a perspective view-1llustrat-' Figure 2 is a horizontal cross section of the attachment.

ejector, through the medium of which the In the drawing, in whichlikenumerals indicate like. parts in all of the figures, 1

indicates the slug guide bracket of a typesetting machine, and 2 aportion of the slug slugs are forced, through :the knives (not shown)into theguide ortrou'gh-way of the bracket 1 to. properly slidedownontolthe galley 3. Aportion of the machine framing. is indicated atland servesas a neansfor supporting the device which forms the sub-.ject matter of this invention. Theparts thus'far described are commonlyused in v the now standardtype-setting machines and their constructionand operation'is well understood by those skilled in the art.

In carrying out my invention I provide a dovetailguide bar 5 which issecured to. the framing portion 4 in vertical position adjacent to andparallel with the troughway of the bracket- 1 by a single securing screw6 which passes through a countersunk soon appear. I r c v A slide block8 provided with a dovetail" guide groove 9 adaptedl'o slidably receivethev bar 5 .is--mounted upon that bar and RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, AssIGNoRor ONE-HALF Domains 3?.

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aperture in the said bar-and enters a suit able tapped aperture in thesaid fran'iing portion. The. securing screw 6 and the tapped aperturetherefor in the framing portion 4 may be specially provided where necessary but in inostistandard typesetting machines such aprovision will beunnecessary as itv will only be necessary-to utilize one of the screwsand tappedapertui'cs already provided in that framing port-ion.

I The barf) has its front face providedwith a plurality of closelyequi-distan-tly' spaced face depressions 7 the purpose for which willbored as at 10' to'receive a ball bearing 11 and a suitable spring12positioned for yieldably forcingthe ball into certain ones of thedepressions 7 As before stated, the block 8 is slidably mounted upon thebar 5 and by reason of providing the, depressions 7 and spring pressedball 11 the block may be freely movedto any position. throughout thevlengthof the bar 5 and suitably held to any adjusted position by theyieldable coaction of the [ball 11 and the selected depression 7.

V An angled member 13 has one arm thereof removably screw-secured, as at14;, to the side of the block 8adjacent the guide bracket-'1, and theother arm thereof projects across the frontedges of the guide bracket 1in position for being engaged by the upper end of-any of the slugsejected into the bracket guideway that may tend to tipnforwardly and.thus be transposed in transit to the galthereof presented toward theejected slugs faced with a-wear or abutment plate 15 of leatheror anyother suitable shock absorbing material such as will accomplish its slugedgeengaging' function without danger of defacement.- .The plate 15 ispreferably cemented to the arm of the angle ncinber'so that no metallicconnecting inediumslwill be.

presented to the edge of the ejected slugs.

By.v providing a structure, as before described, means is provided forengaging the upper end of slugs as they are ejected into the guidebracket guidewayyto prevent all 'ley. The arm last mentionedhas thatface tendency of tipping forwardly and becom- 1 ing transposed intransit to the galley, the

slug engagement being such that the antitipping action is positive but 7is accomplished in such manner that all danger of adjustment byvibration or shock. The engagement of the ball 11 in the selected de--pression is suchthat while the action is yieldable the block 8 will beso held to its. adjusted position that there is no danger of the samebeing thrown out of adjustment by the ordinary vibration and shockincident to the operation of the type-setting ma chine uponwhich adevice is mounted.

' From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing,

it is thought that the novel details of 0011- struction, the manner ofoperation and the advantages of my invention will be readily apparent tothose skilled in the art to which it relates; 1 What I claim is: V

1. A device 'of the class describedcomprising a guide adapted to besecured'upon a typesetting machine adjacent the slugguide bracketthereof and having depressions in one face thereof, a block slidablealong the guide and having aspring pressed member for engaging certainof the guide face'depressions to hold the block at adjusted positions,and a member carried by the block in position for extending across theslug-guide bracket to prevent tipping of slugs ejected into the bracket.

2. A device of the class described comprising a guide adapted to besecuredupon a type-setting machine adjacent the slug guide bracketthereof, and having depressions in one face thereof, a block slidablealong the guide and having a spring pressed member for engaging certainof the guide face depressions to hold the block at adjusted positions, amember carried by the block in position for extending across theslug-guide bracket to prevent tipping of slugs ejected into the bracket,said member havinga shock absorbing facing for encoun tering the ejectedslugs.

A device of the class described comprising a guide adapted to be securedupon a type-setting machine adjacent the slugguide bracket thereof andhaving depressions in one face thereof, a block slidable along the guideand having a spring pressed member for engaging certain of the guideface depressions to hold the block at adjusted positions, and an anglemember having one arm removably secured to the blockand the other armextending across the slug guide bracket and having a shock absorbingfacing cemented thereto in position for engaging slugs ejected into thebracket to prevent tipping or defacement thereof.

4. A device of the class described com prising a dovetail guide adaptedto be secured by a single screw to the framing of a type-setting.machine adjacentthe slugguide bracket thereof and having depressions inone face thereof substantially throughout its length, a block slidableupon the dovetail guide and having a dovetail groove to fit said guideand a, bore merging with the said groove, a ball in the said bore and aspring for forcing the same into engagement with the depression-providedguide face to provide for yieldable'adjustments of the block along thesaid guide, and member carried by the block inposition for extendingacross the slug-guide bracket to prevent tipping of slugs ejected intothe bracket.

5. A device of theclass described comprising a dovetail guide adapted tobe secured by a single screw to the framing of a type-setting machineadjacent the slugguide bracket thereof and having depressions in oneface thereof substantially throughout its length, a block slidable uponthe dovetail guide and'having a dovetail groove to fitsaid guide and abore merging with the said groove, a ball in the said bore and a springfor' forcing thesame into engagement with the depression-provided guideface to provide-for yieldable adjust-' ments of the block along the saidguide, and an angle member having one arm removably secured to the blockand the other arm eX- tending across the slug-guide bracket and guidemember, a yicldable pressing member carried by the block and operatingto hold said block in' its adjusted positions along said guide member,and a member carried by said block in position for extending across theslug-guide bracket to prevent tipping of slugs ejected into the bracket.

HENRY H. COGHILL.

prevent tipping or de-

